most daring climber the world, and made famous myth after dying young, his shadow is such that the sport has become popular even after his death. He became famous for its own comprehensive, in which climbing without rope or safety, and yet it was precisely the breaking of a rope causing him to lose his life.
Dan Osman (February 11 of 1963 - November 23 of 1998) was a practitioner of extreme sports like rock climbing or cordless natural or controlled free fall (jump off a cliff to hundreds of meters and the final being slowed by a safety rope) with a mark of 322 meters. He wore a bohemian lifestyle, rarely working and coming to live for months in a house built in a tree. He starred in several videos natural climbing contributing to the popularization of this specialty. Born in the region of Lake Tahoe, California, began climbing at age 12. Had a daughter. Died
in a sports accident on November 23, 1998, at age 35, after missing a string while practicing a controlled free fall from the Leaning Tower in Yosemite National Park , California . A change in jump site angle probably caused the ropes to cross and entangle, leading to the rope cut by melting by friction.
Among his sporting achievements include:
- Max. chained degree: 8b + in "Slayer" Cave Rock.
Some of his most important solos:
- Space Walk (7a) in Tahoe, with 18 years.
- Atlantis (6c +) in Needles, a view. Insomnia
- crack (6c +), at Suicide Rock, to view.
- Gun Club (7b +), New River Gorge. Jumping
- More than 1,000 jumps in the last 10 years.
- In July 1998, designed the system of the zip line, and perform jumps of 225, 240, 255, 270, 300 and finally a break last 322m in Yosemite. Apparently, the police stopped the rope to the weather the night before the event, so it suffered frostbite and weakening.
Source: Wikipedia
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